| What causes acne? | | | | to be taken on an empty stomach. Not always a |
| Without going into much detail, because this is not | | | | viable option for that teenage boy. |
| what this article is about, I will tell you that it is | | | | Erythromycin - This is also a commonly used |
| basically caused by a hair follicle becoming | | | | antibiotic for treating acne. It has some |
| obstructed and that causes a inflammatory | | | | advantages over tetracycline in that it has |
| response of your skin. That is not much detail into | | | | anti-inflammatory characteristics which will help |
| it, just a basic understanding. | | | | reduce the redness of the acne, as well as kill |
| How do antibiotics treat acne? | | | | bacteria. Also, this antibiotic should be taken with |
| Antibiotics will decrease the number of bacteria in | | | | food. |
| and around the follicle. They will also reduce the | | | | Minocycline - This is especially useful as a |
| irritant chemicals produced by the white blood cells | | | | treatment for pustular type acne. This is a |
| in your body. Another way that they help to | | | | tetracycline derivative so food is a no no with this |
| treat acne is to reduce the amount of fatty acids | | | | one too. This one is very effective in the |
| in the sebum, which reduces the inflammatory | | | | treatment of acne but does have some possible |
| response. | | | | side effects such as dizziness, nausea, vomiting, |
| Types of antibiotics: | | | | skin pigmentation changes, and tooth discoloration. |
| Tetracycline - It is probably the mostly widely | | | | Most of these side effects only occur if taken for |
| used of the antibiotics in the treatment of acne. | | | | long periods of time. |
| This is usually prescribed in a higher dosage to | | | | These are just a few of the popular antibiotics |
| start with, around 500mg with twice daily | | | | that may be prescribed for the treatment of |
| treatments, then reduced further along in the | | | | acne, there are other less common but still |
| treatment to 250mg doses. A major drawback | | | | effective antibiotics such as Doxycycline and |
| for this type of antibiotic is the fact that it needs | | | | Clndamycin that may also be prescribed. |